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Husks (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

Husks (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

A typical small-town lawyer. Clay McTrigger, and Hope, his wife, are very happy. Clay is ambitious, however, and by dint of much study and his personal popularity, he is elected as representative to Congress. Hope is saddened, for she ...See moreA typical small-town lawyer. Clay McTrigger, and Hope, his wife, are very happy. Clay is ambitious, however, and by dint of much study and his personal popularity, he is elected as representative to Congress. Hope is saddened, for she instinctively feels that it will end their simple, happy mountain life. After a tearful parting, Clay goes to Washington where he makes his first speech and it creates a sensation. Snell, an unscrupulous congressman, notes the impression Clay has made and determines to make use of him, if possible. He tries in vain to bribe Clay to vote for a bill which will benefit the Coal Trust and is an out and out robbery, then he tries another tack. Vivian Courtland, a lobbyist and tool of Snell, is introduced to Clay and he gradually becomes infatuated with her. She succeeds in securing his vote for the Coal Bill, but falls in love with him and offers him wealth if he will marry her. After a struggle with his conscience, he agrees, and goes back to Hope to ask her to divorce him. In a strongly emotional scene she gives him up and sacrifices herself on the altar of his ambition. After securing a divorce Clay marries Vivien and with the aid of her wealth, rapidly mounts the ladder of fame. At the very pinnacle of his success, Snell, who has never ceased to plot Clay's downfall, induces the latter to accept a bribe for a state secret, making him a traitor to his country. Later Snell exposes him and Clay is expelled from the senate, scorned by everyone. He goes to Paris and there receives a letter from his second wife's lawyer saying she has divorced him and cut him off without a cent. A man without a country and without friends, Clay wanders back to his old home to find Hope. Her sorrowing mother grimly leads him to the little low mound where the woman who loved him enough to give up, lay resting. She had died of a broken heart, and utterly crushed. Clay flings himself on the grave. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
William Humphrey Clay McTrigger Clay McTrigger See fewer	Atonement (1919)
Carolyn Birch Hope - McTrigger's Wife Hope - McTrigger's Wife See fewer	Babbling Tongues (1917)
Nellie Anderson Hope's Mother Hope's Mother See fewer	Little Women (1918)
Rose Tapley Vivian Courtlandt Vivian Courtlandt See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Harry Northrup Snell - Member of Congress Snell - Member of Congress See fewer	The Heart of Maryland (1927)